Nov. 18, 2014
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - The Penn State Nittany Lion wrestlers continue to maintain lofty rankings in the latest version of Intermat's national listing. As a team, Penn State is ranked No. 7 in Intermat's Tournament Power Index (TPI). In all, seven Nittany Lions are ranked among the top 20.
Junior Jordan Conaway (Abbottstown, Pa.) is ranked No. 12 at 125 with a 1-0 mark. Sophomore Jimmy Gulibon (Latrobe, Pa.) holds at No. 5 at 133 with a 1-0 mark. Sophomore Zack Beitz (Mifflintown, Pa.) is 1-0 at 149 and ranked No. 15. Senior Dylan Alton (Mill Hall, Pa.) is ranked No. 10 at 157 with an 0-0 mark. Senior Matt Brown (West Valley City, Utah) is ranked No. 3 at 174 and is 1-0 while junior Morgan McIntosh (Santa Ana, Calif.) is 1-0 at 197 and ranked No. 4. Senior Jon Gingrich (Wingate, Pa.) is ranked No. 7 at 285 with a 1-0 record as well.
Red-shirt freshman Matt McCutcheon (Apollo, Pa.) debuts in the 184 rankings at the No. 19 spot. McCutcheon is 5-2 overall, with both those losses to top-five ranked wrestlers. McCutcheon is coming off a third place finish at the ESU Open on Sunday, a tournament in which he went 5-1, with the lone defeat a hard-fought 4-2 setback to No. 3 Lorenzo Thomas of Penn.
Penn State is 1-0 overall after its 24-10 win over Lehigh back on Nov. 9. Head coach Cael Sanderson's team continues dual meet action this weekend, visiting Pittsburgh on Friday, Nov. 21, for a 7 p.m. dual wrestled at Pitt's Peterson Events Center. Penn State then treks to Clarion on Saturday, Nov. 22, for a 7 p.m. dual as well. A limited number of SRO tickets are available for select Penn State Rec Hall dual meets. For ticket inquiries, call 1-800-NITTANY. Nittany Lion fans are encouraged to follow Penn State wrestling via twitter at www.twitter.com/pennstateWREST and on Penn State Wrestling's Facebook page at www.facebook.com/pennstatewrestling. The 2014-15 Penn State Wrestling season is presented by The Family Clothesline.